Abstract: A fire escape device has a box with a back panel secured to side panels and to two bottom end panels. A bottom central panel lies between the bottom end panels and is hinged to the back panel. A front panel is hinged to the bottom central panel and has a bottom edge rabbet interfitting with the front edge of the bottom end panels. A removable top panel has angles engaging the upper edges of the back panel and of the front panel and is short to leave end openings above the bottom end panels through which ornaments on the bottom end panels may project. The box is secured to a building by brackets secured to the back panel and the two bottom end panels. Brackets of one design lie over a balcony rail, and brackets of another design are bolted to the building wall. A ladder including side chains and cross rungs is disposed on the bottom central panel with the chains extending through cutouts in the top panel.

Abstract: A fire escape comprises an escape device, a hardware which is expandable or foldable and hangs the escape device therefrom, a storage container for storing or accommodating the escape device and the hardware, and a brace frame which has the hardware provided in the storage container so as to be movable vertically from the inside of the storage container. With raising of the brace frame, a part of the escape device is thrown out and down from the storage container. The falling force of the escape device partly thrown out is used to pull out the remaining escape device and to deploy the hardware.

Abstract: A flexible stile ladder is disclosed wherein the midpoints of the ladder steps or rungs are slidably connected to the pole. Preferably, the slidable connectors are slides which operate in a track carried by the pole. The invention is particularly useful for climbing masts of sailboats.

Abstract: A combination plant box and fire escape ladder includes an anchor rail for fixed attachment to an outside wall of a building, a frame for holding a top rung of the ladder outwardly from the wall, a pair of flexible cables forming the ladder rails, and a plurality of lower rungs. The plant box is attached to the flexible rail ends remote from the top rung, and the lower rungs are attached to the flexible rails between the top rung and plant box. The frame includes a center portion lying adjacent the wall and two end portions which project generally perpendicularly from the center portion and the wall to support the top rung. The anchor rail is provided with a pair of attachment points by which the frame is attached to the anchor rail. The upper ends of the flexible rails are attached to respective attachment points of the anchor rail and extend through the top rung to fix the lower rungs in spaced apart relation from the wall.

Abstract: A device for emergency escape from an elevated position in a structure is disclosed which includes an elongated frame fixable at the bottom, either to the structure or adjacent to the structure. The elongated frame is removably fixable to the structure at the top near the elevated position. An elongated collapsible-extensible slide is affixed to the top of the elongated frame and is itself fixable to the structure by removable means so that release of the frame at the top extends the slide from near the elevated position on the structure into a useable form for escape. Escape is accomplished by an individual sliding down the extended slide.

Abstract: An enclosure which serves as a storage means for a fire escape ladder, made from a rope-like flexible material, is given a decorative appearance and is provided with a set of drawers for storing valuables. By its weight the enclosure itself, once thrown out of a window, serves to unwind and place in position the fire escape ladder.

Abstract: A collapsible ladder for use as an emergency escapeway is described which has two side members between which rungs extend. The side members are each composed of a plurality of sections, which are pivoted to each other at overlapping ends. In one embodiment, the rungs extend between alternate pairs of the sections, while the intermediate sections are provided with fender spars which fold parallel with the section, and swing into position to space the ladder away from a wall, when the ladder is unfolded. The sections are held in place relative each other on unfolding of the ladder by a pin on one section received in an arcuate slot partially surrounding the pivot of the next section. In a modified embodiment each section has at each end adjacent the pivot a stud and a recess, which engage complimentary recesses and studs on the adjacent sections.

Abstract: An emergency evacuation device adapted for mounting on the edge of the deck of a ship or platform has a panel formed of two hinged sections which upon release rotate over the edge of the deck forming a protective apron. Devices are operatively associated with release of the panel to activate a system for inflating an emergency evacuation device such as a slide or slide/raft stowed in the container. The slide or slide/raft may be situated on an adjustable slope sheet which assists the slide or slide/raft in being properly and effectively deployed.

Abstract: A rescue device particularly adapted for use with small boats. The device includes a plurality of bodies each formed with an aperture large enough to facilitate either manual grasping of the body or for receiving a foot of an individual to be rescued, the several bodies being interconnected in a given sequence by connecting units which form with the bodies a chain-like structure by means of which an individual can with his hands and feet climb upwardly along the structure back to a vessel.

Abstract: A collapsible ladder assembly suitable for installation on high-rise buildings and capable of modification to be architecturally unobstrusive and compatible with a variety of architectural designs is described. The ladder assembly comprises a frame member, two or more telescoping stile pair sections and a plurality of rung members. In the normal storage position the ladder is disposed entirely within the frame member with the telescoping stile members in the retracted position. The entire unit is adapted to fit within a window opening. In a emergency the ladder can be released to the extended position for use from inside a window whereby it falls on hinged arms down and away from the building at a distance sufficient to permit passage of a person between the building and the ladder. Release of one ladder actuates a release mechanism on the similarly mounted ladder on the floor below and so on, allowing an escape passage to a safe level or, if necessary, to the ground.

Abstract: A novel slip down way embarking device used in an emergency of a ship or other constructions to transfer the passengers to a life raft or other life saving apparatus in safe and rapid manner, said device comprising a tubular slip down chute made of vertical elongated cloth, a zigzag passage formed within said chute, a slip way attached to the lowermost end of said zigzag passage, a floating platform positioned under said chute and slip way to receiver the slipped down persons thereon, and a container to store the above embarking members and throw them down in an emergency without trouble and difficulty.